Among all her poems, Remembrance (1845) stands out as a direct ancestor of Wuthering Heights. The speaker mourns a lover lost for “15 wild Decembers”. It is full of imagery of frozen graves and icy ...

A bookstore is a place where we go to be alone with other people’s thoughts, but The Literary has spent the last year ...

"So many heartfelt moments, particularly from like the young boys of color," Nicco Diaz said, one of the five judges at the ...

On Saturday, February 14, Poetry Palooza’s Favorite Poem Project returns on Valentine’s Day at RDG Planning & Design, 301 Grand Avenue. A diverse group of 12 ...

Poets have their own worldview, their own way of looking at things, So when it is about welcoming the new year, they weave words that are pure magic, that hit hard and leave a lasting impact. For a ...

Wellwater is a poetry collection which explores the intersection of cultural, economic and personal ideas of value, addressing aging, housing and environmental and economic crises. Celebrating ...

‘Pink’, ‘Mango Rice’, ‘Flowers’ — anything “close to heart” becomes a thought to delve deeper into, a subject to ponder upon, for the little poet, Amara Jain. While this nine-year-old marvels at ...

A tragic episode has shaken the community of Diamante, in the province of Cosenza, where a 52-year-old man has died and nine people have been hospitalized, some in serious condition, after consuming a ...

He was an artist and activist who found in his verse a tool for both community and agitprop. It’s never been easy to survive as an American poet, but the late 20th century was especially tough. The ...

John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full of reflection and digression and probing. By David Orr David Orr is the ...

Poetry is more than an art form. It is a lineage of healing. Our communities have long used rhythm, story, and verse to transform pain into wisdom. In every language and every tradition, we have ...